Congress has until Dec. 9 to pass
a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running until
President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. But Trump has asked that
the temporary spending bill be extended to March 31, a delay that
would keep government funding at current levels. That would, among
other things, constrain...

Republican lawmakers could use a
decades-old procedural maneuver, known as
reconciliation, to bypass Democraticopposition and accelerate Donald Trump’s
legislative initiatives. That could include cutting taxes,
repealing parts of President Barrack Obama’s health care law,
privatizing Medicareor
turning...

With control of the White House and Congress, Republicans can
easily repeal big parts of President Obama’s health care law, but
finding alternatives could prove to be a political minefield, say
CQ Roll Call health reporter Erin Mershon and Managing Editor
Adriel Bettelheim.

President-elect Donald Trump will have to rely
on some key congressional players to ease his transition into the
White House, say CQ Roll Call’s Chief Content Officer David Ellis
and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim. Also, what went wrong for
Democrats.